Danielle Kurtzleben is a political correspondent assigned to NPR's Washington Desk. She appears on NPR shows, writes for the web, and is a regular on The NPR Politics Podcast. She is covering the 2020 presidential election, with particular focuses on on economic policy and gender politics.
Hanzawa’s is one of the oldest surviving mom and pop plantation-era stores on Maui — along with Morihara’s in Kula and Hasegawa’s in Hāna. These dusty old stores with fading paint and vintage signs are so much more than convenience stores. Their creaking walls tell stories of Hawaiʻi’s past — stories that can help us understand Hawaiʻi’s present.